UT men in the top 10

The Texas men’s basketball team is ranked No. 8 in the ESPN/USA Today preseason poll. This marks the eighth-straight season UT has been ranked in the preseason poll, and this is the highest ranking for UT since being pegged No. 3 to start the 2005-06 season.

The Longhorns started at No. 16 last year, and ended up in the Elite Eight.

UT is among three Big 12 schools in the top 25. Oklahoma is No. 14, and defending national champion Kansas is No. 23.